L'Africaine (1988)

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Giacomo Meyerbeer's celebrated opera L'Africaine comes to life on-stage in this performance by the chorus, ballet, and orchestra of the San Francisco Opera. Swelling with French vocals, the story follows a Portuguese explorer to Africa, where he complicates his life with his love interest in the African queen. The entanglement in a love triangle permeates the explorer's excursion. DVD is subtitled in English. ~ Sarah Sloboda, Rovi

Starring:: Plácido Domingo, Shirley Verrett, (more)

Director(s):: Brian Large

Format(s):: DVD
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Synopsis of L'Africaine

Theatrical Feature Running Time:: 191 mins

Complete Cast of L'Africaine

Plácido Domingo - Vasco Da Gama
Justino Diaz - Nélusko
Michael Devlin - Don Pédro

Shirley Verrett - Sélika
Ruth Ann Swenson - Inès
Philip Skinner - Don Diego

Director(s):: Brian Large

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	James B.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

Here is a classic opera sung by an all-star cast, backed by one of the world's greatest opera companies (San Francisco). Every aspect of this production is top-notch: musical performance, acting, costumes and sets. A must-view. Why is it, though, that we rarely see an opera video with consistently accurate English subtitles? The captions in this video, and in most opera videos I've seen, look like they were put together by third-graders - constant problems with spelling, grammar, sense, etc. And why did they think it necessary to translate the syllable "Ah..."? Three times in a row, in fact...

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	Donald L.

0 out of 0 people found this review helpful

This is an excellent production of this rarely performed opera. I rented it out of curiosity, as I was unfamiliar with it. Regrettably, I've concluded that this opera deserves its relative obscurity.